bones - 2025 ACF Fall

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To recover some of these objects, six “astronauts” were chosen for the Rising Star expedition in a “cradle” in South Africa. In 2012, the discovery of one of these objects identified the existence of a hybrid Denisovan girl named “Denny.” (10[5]-5[4])A capital at Anyang was found with the help (-5[1])of inscriptions on these objects (10[5])that were (10[3])once (10[3])burned (10[5])to (10[1])form (10[1])cracks. (10[14]-5[2])Those (10[5]-5[1])“oracle” (10[8]-5[2])types (10[4])of (10[1])these (10[6])objects (10[17]-5[1])were (10[3])used (10[3])for (10[1])divination (10[4])during the Shang (10[1])dynasty. (10[1])In early uses (10[2])of hafting, either sticks or these objects were bound to stones to create (10[1])handled tools. For 10 points, name these objects that may be pieced together to form hominin (10[1])skeletons. (10[1])■END■ (10[9])

ANSWER: bones [or bone fragments; accept specific types of bones such as finger bones or scapulae or plastrons; prompt on remains; prompt on fossils by asking “fossils of what sort of objects?”]

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Buzzes

Player	Team	Opponent	Position	Value
Galen Mueller	McGill B	Ottawa B	39	10
Yishak Kelkay	ERAU Daytona A	Florida A	39	-5
Thomas Jenkins	Michigan B	Louisville A	39	-5
Jacob Goodson	Ohio State A	Michigan State A	39	-5
Henry Ding	Princeton	George Mason B	39	10
Ethan Ma	Illinois Blue	Iowa B	39	10
Adam Chilbert	Macalester	Iowa State	39	10
Jake Markus	Dartmouth B	Williams C	39	-5
Isaiah Schmid	Binghamton B	Binghamton C	39	10
Sam Alahi	Illinois Orange	Purdue A	48	-5
Jacob Cohen	UCLA A	UC Irvine	53	10
Daniel Huang	Michigan C	Ohio State B	53	10
Jeremy Katen	George Mason A	Johns Hopkins	53	10
Austin Tran	Rose-Hulman A	Illinois Canada	53	10
James Zhao	Vanderbilt C	Clemson A	53	10
Terrence Han	UCLA B	UCSD A	55	10
Nicholas Nguyen	Florida B	Florida State A	55	10
Colette Giezentanner	WashU Grizzlers	Iowa A	55	10
Luc Vulliez	Amherst A	Boston College B	56	10
James O'Reilly	Arizona State A	Washington Pink	56	10
Alan Zhang	British Columbia C	Boise State	56	10
Thomas Wu	Berkeley Skeleton King	Berkeley Boss Bandit	57	10
Sage Saperstein	USC B	UCSD B	57	10
Dmitri Anh-Minh Tran	UC Santa Barbara	USC A	57	10
Lucas Guan	Brown A	Boston University A	57	10
Richy Sun	Vanderbilt B	Auburn B	57	10
Jamie Pach	Ottawa D	Carleton B	58	10
Penelope Graham	Williams B	Dartmouth C	59	10
Ty Brennan	Berkeley Mighty Miner	Berkeley Little Prince	60	10
Lorie Au-Yeung	UCSC	Stanford A	60	10
Danny Han	Stanford B	Berkeley Archer Queen	60	10
Scarlet Rutter	Claremont A	UCLA C	60	10
Jas Wang	UCLA F	Claremont B	60	10
James Fan	Toronto E	McMaster A	60	10
Frances Corban	Toronto H	Guelph A	60	10
Joseph Strom	Louisville B	Ohio State C	60	10
Kyle Chua	CWRU B	Michigan A	60	10
John Gamble	NCSU A	UNC D	60	10
Jun Chen	George Mason C	Rutgers C	60	-5
Eugene Kim	Purdue D	Purdue B	60	10
Sidarth Erat	MIT A	Boston University B	60	10
Kushagra Bahuguna	Washington Chinook	Washington Atlantic	60	10
Alan Fan	Washington Steelhead	Washington Coho	60	10
Steven Pan	Georgia Tech C	Vanderbilt A	60	-5
Jack Rabaut	Michigan D	Ohio State D	61	10
Samuel Li	William & Mary A	JMU B	61	-5
Doug Frederick	Auburn A	Georgia Tech D	61	10
Benny Shtutman	South Carolina A	Georgia Tech E	61	10
Claire Chambers	Binghamton A	ESF	61	10
Aidan Keenan	Rochester	Cornell A	61	10
Leighton Karpinia	Florida Tech A	South Florida A	62	10
Orin Overmiller	Florida Tech B	UCF A	62	10
Stella Broome	Virginia A	Liberty B	62	10
Kevin Liu	Maryland A	NYU A	62	10
Gavin Chen	Vassar A	Vassar B	62	-5
Saswat Sasha Tripathi	Chicago A	Chicago B	62	10
Roy Yang	WashU Grolars	William Woods University A	62	10
Will Hamilton	Vermont A	MIT B	62	10
James Haddix	Washington State	Alberta B	62	10
Danny Cutbill	RIT A	Cornell B	62	-5
Alex Wong	Rutgers D	Columbia A	63	10
Skand Parvatikar	Arizona State B	Alberta A	63	10
Arhith Dharaendra	Georgia Tech B	Auburn C	63	10
Hayley Morris	RIT B	Cornell C	63	10
Nathaniel Godfrey	Toronto D	Waterloo B	64	10
Kingsley Chen	McGill A	Ottawa A	65	10
Michael Xu	McMaster B	Toronto I	65	10
Zac Stapler	Pittsburgh	CWRU C	65	10
Katie Young	Liberty C	William & Mary B	65	10
Diego Almaraz	UNC C	UNC A	65	10
Nicholas Ryan	Lehigh B	Rutgers B	65	10
Diego Monge	Claremont C	UCLA D	66	10
Adithya Parat	McMaster C	Toronto A	66	10
Tobias Smerdon	Toronto G	Queen's A	66	10
Victor Xu	Toronto B	Waterloo A	66	10
Orion Brey	Louisville A	Michigan B	66	10
Ezra Zareba	UNC B	William & Mary C	66	10
Micah Williams	VCU A	JMU A	66	10
Ben Spirtas	Maryland C	Columbia B	66	10
Sebastian Llaca	Wisconsin A	Minnesota	66	-5
Vivian Lu	Wisconsin C	Wisconsin B	66	10
Wren Horne-Sarkees	Harvard	Boston College A	66	10
Jack Meyers	Brown B	Dartmouth A	66	10
Jack Feinberg	Brandeis Bach	Tufts C	66	10
David Ciardella	Vermont B	Amherst B	66	10
George Matsumura	Washington Chum	Washington Masu	66	10
Richard D’Angelo	Tennessee B	Alabama A	66	10
Towery McNeil	Mississippi State A	Emory A	66	10
Andrew Wilson	Montevallo	Sewanne	66	10
Eric Cameron	Michigan State C	Louisville C	67	10
Liam Buck	St. Thomas	Michigan Tech	67	10
Martin Brandenburg	Georgia A	Clemson C	67	10
Ethen Sun	Toronto C	Brock A	68	10
Dirk Hay	Louisville D	WVU B	68	10
Trenton Burgess	Indiana A	Illinois Champaign	68	10
Johnathan Li	Penn	Rutgers A	69	10
Yutong Han	Michigan State D	WVU A	70	10
David Ropp	Duke A	Liberty A	70	10
Elizabeth Bowling	Indiana B	Illinois Urbana	70	10
Daniel Slater	Tennessee Tech	Georgia Tech F	70	10
Walter Carson	NCSU B	Tusculum A	73	10
Wesley Yu	British Columbia A	British Columbia B	74	10
Samuel Zheng	Toronto F	Waterloo C	77	10
Reid Eichberg	Tufts B	Southern Connecticut State University A	77	10
Eric Yang	Purdue A	Illinois Orange	90	10
Jack Yesner	Brandeis Beethoven	UConn A	106	10
Sam Montgomery	Ottawa C	McGill C	107	10
Jacob Ergueta	Florida A	ERAU Daytona A	108	10
Joe Paterson	Michigan State A	Ohio State A	108	10
Ben Kantsiper	JMU B	William & Mary A	108	10
Hitansh Malaviya	Rutgers C	George Mason C	108	10
Claire Harvey	Vassar B	Vassar A	108	10
Henry L'Heureux	Minnesota	Wisconsin A	108	10
Eleanor Arron	Williams C	Dartmouth B	108	10
Yuxuan Lu	Vanderbilt A	Georgia Tech C	108	10
Ben Gardberg	Cornell B	RIT A	108	10

Summary

Tournament	Edition	TUH	Conv. %	Neg %	Average Buzz
Northern California	US	4	100%	0%	59.25
Southern California	US	7	100%	0%	58.29
Eastern Canada (1)	US	4	100%	0%	67.25
Eastern Canada (2)	US	9	100%	0%	65.78
Florida	US	4	100%	25%	71.75
Great Lakes	US	10	100%	20%	67.80
Lower Mid-Atlantic	US	9	100%	11%	70.56
Upper Mid-Atlantic	US	9	100%	22%	70.33
Midwest	US	9	100%	11%	62.11
North	US	4	100%	25%	70.00
Northeast	US	12	100%	8%	70.75
Pacific	US	8	100%	0%	62.13
Southeast	US	11	100%	9%	67.09
Upstate NY	US	5	100%	20%	66.40